berner99
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| Audio reviews: too many analogies, never simple, but most of all, never clear. If you are really clear on what your sonic preferences are and start by only reading the part of the reviews dealing with that, they can be invaluable. Obviously you need to read a number of reviews. | |
| What would you do if items from Ebay had beenlost? Same thing happened to me with UPS. package which appeared a day or two later. First thing would be to have head of your local post office ask the mail carrier (used to be easier). Or leave a big note fir mail carrier asking them very nicely if ... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer The only artist I have large number of CDs is Beethoven who I have several sets of symphonies including Furtwangler. | |
| Contest with reward Flertwood Mac Rumours | |
| How long do you think it will take This thread is a fascinating view into the psyche of the posters. | |
| IM Distortion, Speakers and the Death of Science "...Seems to me the consumer will be a lot better off to accept the fundamental enduring inadequate nature of measurement and focus all their time and energy on the one thing that really does work and that they do have control over, and that is li... | |
| On-Line Concerts for the Virus Age Beethoven 9th with social distance:music starts 44 seconds inhttps://slippedisc.com/2020/03/believe-it-orchestra-plays-beethoven-9th-from-their-homes/Not exactly what you had in mind, but nice. | |
| How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect sites like Audiogon? Mijostyn,If the odds were 95% that the shut down would not change things much and 5% chance that if you didn’t eg a huge amount of people would get very sick at same time and overload the health care system. Are you willing to take that risk? | |
| Spatial Audio open baffle speakers, who has them? Worthwhile change from Maggies? Audionoobie,"As for the speakers, I knew the second I plugged them in that I hated them."What did you not like about them? Do you have experience with magneplanars or any open baffle/dipole, etc? | |
| Spatial Audio open baffle speakers, who has them? Worthwhile change from Maggies? Jaytor,The NX-Oticas looks like it is sold as a kit. How difficult was it to build? Were you able to hear it before you bought it? | |
| Your memory of Audio Marketing, esp. B.S. Not what you had in mind, but the biggest BS I remember was the anti-marketing Julian Hirsch:"Hirsch was infamous among audiophiles for believing that all audio electronics — amplifiers, CD players, etc. — sound the same."Everything cuts both ways... | |
| Axe to grind know it alls 1. Yes, often,attention.2. Also some people are “offended” (choose another word if you like) if an observation does not agree with accepted theory.In theory, theory and practice are the same, in practice they are not. | |
| Is this for real? If even a couple of the numerous different tweeks which seem to work via unclear science are effective (and there are too many different ones with numerous people attesting to them to dismiss them all) then we know a lot less about certain areas o... | |
| Why are brick and mortar HiFi dealers so bad? When I was last into high end audio 25+ years ago there were good stores but if you look at what has happened to society and sales of everything today it is a totally different world (including for the sellers).Trying to actually audition or AB an... | |
| What is the most FUN pair of speakers you've ever had and why? Dahlquist DQ10 - They were big bold and a lot of fun.+1 |